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Ok, I sometimes tear down faster than I should. Then I don't remember little details like this. This 'O-ring', which isn't an o-ring at all, rather it's a lipped seal. Lip in or lip out?
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I put mine together lip out, lip in I couldn't get it to slide into the darn petcock body. Doesn't mean its right, but my petcocks don't leak so it works....
Is that the lever out of a "standard" petcock? If it is good job filling the crescent hole....cant' even tell where it used to be.Last edited by psycoreefer; 03-31-2010, 05:05 PM.1979 xs1100 Special -
Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power
Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.
My Bike:Originally posted by fredintoon
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yep, seemed to me that it would seal better lip in, but it seems impossible to do! Yes, that is a standard lever with the solder mod. Used a special solder for aluminum and cast zinc / alloys. Now i have an "OFF" where the "PRIME" used to be and no more vacuum diaphram horrors. BUT, I will also have fuel pouring out if I tip over . Guess I'd better not tip over
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Awesome, yep I put the lip out also. What is the special solder called?2H7 (79) owned since '89
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Did you knock it out after you filled it then JB-weld it back in? Or is that good solder going to be one with the lever forever?'79 XS11 F
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"What they do have is an implacable, unrelenting presence and movement that bespeaks massive power lurking behind paint and chrome. They don't wail like a screeching ninja, the don't rumble like a harley. They just growl like a spactic, stressed out badger waiting to rip your face off and eat your soul." Trainzz~RIP~Comment
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It's called 'Aluminum Solder'Awesome, yep I put the lip out also. What is the special solder called?
No need to knock it out, don't think I could. It's in there for good.Did you knock it out after you filled it then JB-weld it back in? Or is that good solder going to be one with the lever forever?Comment
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Any special prep, scotch brite the surface, wipe clean, then brush on flux and then solder? Any special flux or will any due?'79 XS11 F
Stock except K&N
'79 XS11 SF
Stock, no title.
'84 Chevy K-10 "Big Blue"
GM 350, Muncie SM465, NP208, GM 10 Bolt with 3.42gears turnin 31x10.5 Baja Claws
"What they do have is an implacable, unrelenting presence and movement that bespeaks massive power lurking behind paint and chrome. They don't wail like a screeching ninja, the don't rumble like a harley. They just growl like a spactic, stressed out badger waiting to rip your face off and eat your soul." Trainzz~RIP~Comment
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Like anytime you solder, the work must be clean. And, since it's a special solder, it has a special flux.
Here's a link to the one i bought:
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Randy,
The lip on a seal always faces the liquid , gas or what ever it is to seal off. They will sometimes work for a long while if in backward and there is not much pressure, but if there is much pressure build up they usually leak sooner than later.POTTS CREEK EXPRESS
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